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August 5, 2016

Who owns the media you consume?

does the public own NPR? do they have obligations to the public interest?
do working people have a voice on "their" airwaves?
are there any conduits at the national level that are not owned by billionaires?
do you really place faith and trust in these resources?
just wondering.
I know they used to call it the "idiot box" but that was long before telecom deregulation.
what should they call it now?

August 3, 2016

Email fallout: 3 Democratic National Committee resignations

Source: Associated Press

The chief executive of the Democratic National Committee and two other top officials have resigned in the wake of an email hack that embarrassed the party on the eve of its presidential nominating convention.

CEO Amy Dacey, chief finance officer Brad Marshall and communications director Luis Miranda left their jobs on Tuesday, the party said in a statement.

The resignations are the latest fallout from the hacked emails, which exposed an apparent lack of neutrality in the primary race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, with some party officials disparaging Sanders.

Marshall wrote the most explosive email, questioning Sanders' Jewish faith and suggesting he could be portrayed as an atheist. He has apologized for the missive.

Earlier, party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned her position and, after being booed at a pre-convention appearance last week in Philadelphia, chose not to speak from the convention stage.

Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/latest-news/article93249722.html